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BBQ Smackdown on Twitter Today

By Abby at 11:38 am on Friday, August 8, 2008

@hughlh – I have tried, I really have. But I just cannot dig the NC B-B-Que. But then again, I am from Memphis, where Que is a religion.

@jessmartin – @hughlh until you’ve had Texas BBQ, you haven’t had the real thing. Why do east coasters even use the same word?

@BrianR – @jessmartin Blasphemy Sir! 😉 NC BBQ is THE one true holy pork!

@hughlh – @jessmartin You mean the yellow sauce variety? It has 2 problems: It is yellow, and it is not pork. I am just saying.

@hughlh – @BrianR You, sir, are deluded.

@BrianR – @hughlh my tummy & taste buds are quite content thank you! I’ve tasted it all Sir! 🙂

@abbyladybug – My BBQ pref = pulled pork, with either yellow mustard-based sauce or Memphian “wet” red sauce. Vinegar-based stuff is OK, but not my fave.

@logicblue – @abbyladybug…”Vinegar-based stuff is OK, but not my fave”…back on my shit list 😉

@snoopdave – @jessmartin Where is Texas anyway. Is it up near Asheville?

@hughlh – I am pretty sure they serve Memphis style bbq in heaven, ’cause if they did not, it just would not be heaven.

@abbyladybug – @logicblue Yeah, live it up, local boy. Like you’ve even HAD the other kinds. @hughlh BBQ Spaghetti sounded so gross, but OMFG. SOOOO good!

@jessmartin – Real problem w/ using BBQ to refer to several meats/sauces/processes is it violates expectations. BBQ is a giant bait-and-switch.

@jkreesnc – I learned I really DID NOT KNOW true BBQ until I moved to NC – nom nom. NC BBQ is the only BBQ for me 🙂 #BBQ

@waynesutton – It looks like @jessmartin @dayers @danlondon @hughlh @abbyladybug on team 1 of NC #BBQ haters vs everyone else!

@abbyladybug – @hughlh knows all about the best BBQ ever. Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison in Memphis. That’s BBQ heaven to me. Better than Rendezvous. No kidding.

@BrianR – @smalljones help me out here defending tha NC BBQ

@hughlh – http://tinyurl.com/5oegcv The best que in Memphis (IMHO) and thus, the world.

@hughlh – @jessmartin I ate some yellow sauce que in north TX once, thought that was what u meant. Pork, and occasionally bologna are the only meats.

@jessmartin @hughlh @brianr And why would you destroy the meat by *pulling* it into little pieces. You know in Texas we have these things called knives.

@jessmartin @hughlh Yellow? It’s made w/ tomatoes and is therefore the proper color for BBQ sauce which is RED. And it’s the proper meat which is beef.

@dayers – @jessmartin @hughlh @abbyladybug this is tough, I’m from TN, living in NC, and had an awesome TX BBQ experience at http://tinyurl.com/5nv2pg

@jessmartin – @hughlh the fact that you can say BBQ and spaghetti in the same 140 characters tells me just how confused you are 😉

@jessmartin – @dayers Salt Lick is some damn fine BBQ.

@jessmartin – @hughlh is bologna even a meat? seems like some sort of frankin-meat. like vegan chicken.waynesutton Only in NC that you’ll see a twitter BBQ tweet war! I’m watching the convo on summize/search here http://tinyurl.com/5ln7fv lol #BBQ

AND THE DEBATE RAGES ON…

By the way, I have to disagree with Wayne. This is a debate that could easily rage on in Memphis, and I bet Texas as well.

For those not in the know, to see any of these individual Twitter streams, the URL convention is http://twitter.com/username. For example, my twitters can be found at http://twitter.com/abbyladybug

Barbecue Spaghetti Takeout, Bar-B-Q Shop, Memphis
Barbecue Spaghetti from The Bar-B-Q Shop in Memphis

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Comment by John (determinato)

August 8, 2008 @ 11:39 am

As much as I LOVE spaghetti….I have to question BBQ spaghetti.

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Comment by Stephen

August 8, 2008 @ 11:42 am

wow…maybe a small factor is that I’m hungry and it’s lunchtime but that looks delicious.

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Comment by Hugh Hollowell

August 8, 2008 @ 11:45 am

Beat me to it. I was typing as you posted this…

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Comment by Abby

August 8, 2008 @ 11:48 am

Haha! I win! 30threads, here I come! I wanted to post it so I could share it with my Memphis peeps!

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Pingback by Questions about BBQ in North Carolina | Hugh Hollowell

August 8, 2008 @ 12:04 pm

[…] Note: just before I hit publish, Abby posted about the twitter bbq smackdown… […]

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Comment by kitch

August 8, 2008 @ 12:18 pm

I was blown away by this twitter madness today. I hadn’t seen a debate rage on quite like that in all my days of twitter. Pretty amazing. I enjoyed it.

For the record. Vinegar based NC BBQ is where it’s at.

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Comment by John Martin

August 8, 2008 @ 12:32 pm

That BBQ Spaghetti looks killer (as in delicious) to me!

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Comment by John Martin

August 8, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

That BBQ sketti looks GOOT TO ME!!!

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Comment by Spidra Webster

August 8, 2008 @ 1:24 pm

I love debates like that. Regional Stereotype Smackdown! Anyway, BBQ sauce on pasta sounds like a damned waste to me. Meat mo’ bettah.

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Comment by Abby

August 8, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

For the record, even people in Memphis scoffed at me when I ordered the BBQ Spaghetti. You have to go in with an open mind. I can say that anyone who’s ever tasted it has loved it. There’s nothing more delicious. But you have to be willing to look a little silly. That’s what being a trailblazer is all about. Hugh is a little better of a friend after I learned about his love for that dish – AND that he also knew the Bar-B-Q Shop’s owner, Eric.

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Comment by Rab

August 8, 2008 @ 5:49 pm

here is a pretty good NC list. http://hkentcraig.com/BBQ.html i’ve been to many of them with a group of co-workers. we used to do a weekly Friday BBQ Club and try new places every week.

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Comment by Abby's mom

August 9, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

I’ve had the Bar-B-Q spaghetti from the Bar-B-Q Shop in Memphis. I was a doubter until I tried it, but it’s as good as it looks. Also, vinegar-based Bar-B-Q sauce is never a good choice in my humble opinion. And, finally, the Rendezvous in Memphis is the finest anywhere. Abby’s Dad and I had our first date there.

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Comment by Prachi

August 13, 2008 @ 10:26 am

I grew up on the border of Texas and Arkansas, my brother lived in Memphis for a few years, and I’ve lived in NC for about four years. I love brisket and I’ve grown to appreciate pulled pork with the vinegar sauce, but dry rub from Memphis is unbeatable.

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